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Chapter5 5
The Plan

----------------- The van arrived at Lightspeed Base a few hours later, and the Dino Thunder, Zeo, and Lightspeed Rangers all climbed out. As soon as they were done introducing themselves to each other, Captain Mitchell walked out of the building. The Rangers went quiet and the Lightspeed stood at attention.
"Welcome, everyone, to the Lightspeed Base. My name is Captain Mitchell." The group all waved, except Lightspeed. "Please, follow me inside and I will brief you in the help we need from you." The captain turned around and began to walk in, followed by the group behind him.

Meanwhile...

The Mystries general was walking down the hallway with a man and a woman, both in lab coats. "How are you coming along with the five subjects?" he asked as he took a folder from the woman.
"The subjects are in the lab, and the machine is brainwashing them as we speak," the man said as they stopped in front of a door. Both the lab techs pressed their fingers on a scan and after a second, the door opened and all three went in.
"How long will it be before the subjects can be used?" the Mystries general asked. The three people stopped in front of five tubes, each containing a person. Zack, Trini, Billy, Jason, and Kim were currently floating in the liquid-filled tubes, fast asleep.
"About two hours, sir," the man said as he adjusted a setting on one of the tubes. The general gave a nod of his head, then turned his attention to the woman next to him.
"When will the morphers be ready?"
The woman looked at the chart she was holding and said, "About one hour. We already fixed two of them."
The general had a wicked smile on his face. "Soon, we will have the five original Power Rangers on our side." He then walked away as he began to laugh.The Zeo and Dino Rangers were sitting at a table as Captain Mitchell was standing in front of them with screen in the background. "Hello, Rangers," he greeted.
"Hello," the group answered.
Captain Mitchell held up a remote and pressed a button, then the machine began to warm up. Suddenly, a picture appeared, showing an image of the general. "This is the man we're after. His name is Fred." The captain clicked on the button again. "He was one of the highest-raking officials when we began the Lightspeed Project a few years ago. He was also first choice to be the Red Lightspeed Ranger." He then clicked another button to show a classified document.
"We later decided not to give him the Red Ranger and he was mad. He left Lightspeed with fifty others." He clicked the next button and a security camera picture appeared. "He resurfaced two months ago and stole a very important piece of equipment from our lab."
Conner raised his hand and Captain Mitchell pointed at him. "What did he steal?" Conner asked. For an answer, Mitchell pressed a button.
"He stole a device that lets us recharge the Lightspeed morphers." The mechanism in question was a box-like apparatus with an open and closeable lid. Buttons were on top of it, along with a timer.
"Why would he what something like that?" Rocky asked, and the captain sighed.
"We received confirmed reports that he took five Rangers."
"Who are they?" Kat asked. To answer her question, he hit a button, showing pictures of Jason, Billy, Zack, Trini, and Kim. The room went into shock.
"Why them?" Dr. O asked, standing up in anger. Captain Mitchell shook his head.
"We don't know why, but we know it can't be good."
Adam stood up. "What can we do?" he asked. Mitchell pressed the button one last time.
"After a long investigation, we found their hideout just twenty miles outside of Angel Grove in a old army base that was closed in 1979."
"When do we leave?" Kira asked, causing Mitchell to smile.
"We leave tomorrow morning at four AM. The Zeo and Dino teams will go; Lightspeed will have another mission that they should take care of. In the mean time, relax and get some sleep. A couple of military guards will show you where you will be sleeping." With that said, Mitchell left the room, leaving the door open for two military men to step inside.
"If you guests will follow us, we will take you to your quarters." They did as they were told and followed the guards, all lost in their own thoughts.

Meanwhile, General Fred walked back into the lab, noticing with pleasure that all five Rangers were out of the tubes, just standing there with blank eyes.
"Sir, the brainwashing is complete and the morphers are fixed," a woman in a lab jacket said. Fred walked in front of the Rangers.
"Good. Our investor will be here any minute now, and he will be pleased with the results." At that moment, a portal opened and Mesogog and Elisa walked through. "Lord Mesogog, always good to see you."
Mesogog ignored him and walked up to Rangers. "If I can't use the Dino gems, then I guess the original Power Rangers will do just fine."
At that moment, Jason and the others pulled out their morphers and yelled, "It's morphing time!" In an instant, they all changed into the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers.
Mesogog began to laugh. "Soon, the Dino Rangers will fall and the world will be mine."

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This chapter is done, and the next one is coming soon.